Necktie stretching devices



Dec. 27, 1955 M. T. ADAMTCHIK ETAL 2,728,498

NECKTIE STRETCHING DEVICES Filed May 21. 1952 M. Tfldamialaic VI}: bfmazi United States Patent NECKTIE STRETCHING DEVICES Michael Thaddius Adamtchik and Vladimir Epifanotf, Hove, England Application May 21, 1952, Serial No. 289,098

Claims priority, application Great Britain May 31, 1951 2 Claims. (Cl. 223-655) This invention has for its object an improved stretching device for neckties, which may be easily adapted to different sizes of ties and which enables the stretching action to be adjusted as desired.

In previously proposed stretchers, two V-shaped members, i. e. an external and an internal member made of resilient material, have been hinged together by means of loops formed at the free ends of the inner V-shaped member and wound about inwardly bent portions of the outer V-shaped member. Thus each of the external and internal V-shaped members has an independent resilient action, and the hinges are liable to occupy different positions, while an additional disadvantage lies in the difficulty of using the device for display purposes due to the looseness of the hinges. These drawbacks are obviated in the stretching device in accordance with the present invention, which stretching device comprises an outside and an inside V-shaped member and is characterised by the use of six cylindrical metal bushings as pivoting or rotating means for uniting together the outside and inside V-shaped members.

According to the invention, to the ends of the legs of the inside V-shaped member are permanently secured two bushings which are mounted for pivotal movement on substantially aligned bent end portions of the legs of the outside V-shaped member, each between two bushings permanently secured to these end portions.

Owing to this arrangement any degree of hinge stiffness may be obtained and the resilient action of the inside and outside members is rendered more effective, the resilient action of the said members being moreover easily adjusted by proper adjustment of the position of the hinges. Similarly the stretching device can be adjusted to narrow or wide ties and the frictional contact between the bushings serves the purpose of retaining the members in any desired angular position for displaying the ties.

The invention will now be described with the aid of the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front view of the improved tie stretching device.

Fig. 2 is a side view thereof.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged front view of the pivoting arrangement of the improved stretcher.

2,728,498 Patented Dec. 27, 1955 Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional elevation thereof.

Referring now to Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawing, 1 are the two legs of the outside V-shaped member, provided with substantially aligned bent end portions 2. On these bent portions 2 are permanently secured bushings 3 and 4. Between these bushings 3 and 4 are placed pivoting bushings 5 which are permanently secured to the leg ends of the inside V-shaped member 6.

When the outer V-shaped member is inserted into the larger end of a tie and the inside V-shaped member is inserted in the narrow end of the tie, the latter member may be conveniently used as a base for displaying a stretched tie without any other means of support.

We claim:

1. A stretching device for neckties comprising two V-shaped members of resilient wire material, each V-shaped member having its legs rigidly connected together at one end and free at the other end, substantially aligned bent portions formed at the free ends of one of the V-shaped members, fixed thrust bearing means, each having an end bearing surface in the form of a coaxial surface of revolution on each of the said bent portions, bearing means secured at each free end of the other V-shaped member and pivotally engaging one of said bent portions, said bearing means having end bearing surfaces each in the form of a coaxial surface of revolution, each of the said bearing means being located between 21 pair of fixed thrust bearing means, and having an end bearing surface in the form of a surface of revolution thereon in permanent frictional contact with a coaxial end bearing surface in the form of a surface of revolution of the said fixed thrust bearing means.

2. A stretching device for neckties, comprising two V-shaped members of resilient material, each V-shaped member having its legs rigidly united together at one end and free at the other end, hinge connections between said members at the free ends thereof, said hinge connections including bent portions formed at the free ends of the legs of one of the V-shaped members in substantially axial alignment with each other, a pair of spaced bushings secured on each of the said bent portions, bushings secured on the free ends of the other V-shaped member, aligned holes in the last named bushings and each of said last named bushings pivotally located between the bushings of the said bent portions, all said bushings including coaxial end bearing surfaces each in the form of a surface of revolution in permanent frictional engagement with each other.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,330,010 Rush Feb. 3, 1920 FOREIGN PATENTS 605,763 Great'Britain July 29, 1948 

